Maybe the chatter the Cleveland Browns will skip on former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel with their fourth overall pick at the NFL Draft on Thursday aren't far off.

Browns general manager Ray Farmer is "enamored" with Teddy Bridgewater and could select the former Louisville quarterback with their second pick (26th overall), Cleveland.com reported on Wednesday.

The sources said Farmer has had a fascination with Bridgewater since last fall, and would like to land him at No. 26. The Browns have even looked into trading up from No. 26 to get Bridgewater, one source said.

Bridgewater has slipped on some teams' draft boards because of a shaky pro day last month. ESPN's Jon Gruden went so far as to say on a conference call last week that he'd take a quarterback off his board if he had a lackluster pro day.

But apparently it hasn't dissuaded Farmer, who also conducted a private workout with Bridgewater along with other staffers and brought him in for a visit.

"That is not happening," Glazer continued. "In fact, it’s the other way.Jimmy Haslam has walked into the Brown’s draft room and said, ‘Hey guys, this is not what I do for a living, it’s what you do for a living. Whatever you do, I trust.’ There has not been some edict I guess. I have no idea where that came from, but that’s not happening.”

Don't know how I can make this clearer for those arguing against it: CLE would take ME over Manziel at 4 & I totally botched the Wonderlic

Teams looking for a starting cornerback in the draft may be hard pressed to find one if they don't strike early. But they may be able to acquire a veteran in a trade. The Chiefs are believed to be willing to deal Brandon Flowers in an attempt to acquire extra draft selections. The corner made the Pro Bowl in 2013 even though he did not have his best season. Pro scouts consider him a tough, scrappy player who is an above-average cover man. Flowers' contract could make a trade difficult. He is due to earn $5.25 million in base salary this year, and at this point of the offseason, not many teams have the type of cap flexibility to acquire a player with that big a number.